Michael Saved My Life!

I might be being a little dramatic here, but he may as well have. Yesterday was a horrid day. Really bad. It all started with a call from Danica tell me that she and my mom were going to Ikea and asking if I could come. Now, we've been trying to get an Ikea girl's day for a couple of months now and it always falls through. I think it's because I always say it's not a good time for my kids or I have too much work to do. Well, yesterday I had TONS to do but I still wanted to go. We met my mom and Danica at Danica's house at the set aside time, but that was to pick Evan up. I still hadn't decided whether I was going to go or not. I think I went back and forth about four times. I wanted to go sooooo bad but I had so many logistical things to take care of at home...laundry, bank issues, Quicken, insurance stuff, application to fill out, etc. etc. Plus I had 4 1/2 hours of work to finish. In the end, I decided I'd better not go and they drove off. They told me to call them in the next few minutes and they would turn around and come get me. The love! Well, I got all the way home VERY depressed about the whole situation and proceeded to sit down and bawl my eyes out. Then I called my mom to say sorry for bringing tension to a situation that was supposed to be fun by my indecisiveness. Well, then I was crying even more. I figured out that it's because I always have to choose between really important things and work. Like all those things I needed to get done yesterday, I had to choose between them and work. And work always has to win. And not only important things, but fun things as well. I had to choose doing work over an Ikea trip. So, I was quite the mess for a long time yesterday. Just burned out. Then my night in shining armor appears...

I was walking around very forlornly (is that really a word?!?!) and all of a sudden I hear one of my favorite 80s songs, Buffalo Stance. Michael had found it on YouTube. Hmm...that could get a little smile out of me, but it wasn't enough. Then he pulled out some Milli Vanilli tunes and Erasure (one of my favorites) and all sorts of other great 80s stuff that I love. You can find anything on YouTube! By about the sixth song, I was pretty much feeling like myself again (although really, really exhausted after all the blubbering!). Then he starts to play something and stands up as if to dance with me. What starts playing? "Somebody" by Depeche Mode. Ha! Flashback to junior high dances! That an "Stairway To Heaven", right? At first I thought he was a cheeseball, but then as we danced and he sang softly in my ear I realized how much he loves me. It was right before all this started that he should've thrown me away for being such a grump and having a pity party. Instead, he helped me through it and loved me anyway. After that, we couldn't get ourselves off of YouTube, listening to everything from MC Hammer to DJ Jazee Jeff & The Fresh Prince to I don't even know what else. It was a lot of fun. I hope it's a very long time before I forget this day and how much I am loved.